Denoting or relating to a type of tournament in which teams or players are eliminated from the competition after a single defeat.
the new single-elimination format leaves no room for an off night
an eight-team single-elimination event
the top two advance to the single-elimination semi-finals
Example sentencesExamples
- Single-elimination basketball season - aka March Madness - has arrived.
- The top four teams advance in each Group to form a single-elimination 16-team tournament.
- Single-elimination playoffs are about a team getting hot at the right time and having a little luck.
- Some hearts are going to be broken, but that is the cruel reality that comes with a single-elimination bracket.
- But Serbia has been playing better throughout the single-elimination round.
- There will be little practice time, and the medal round will be single elimination.
- So the single-elimination style of the playoffs lends itself to big surprises and huge upsets.
- The tournament is now single elimination, which removes any margin for error.
- All games from here on out are single-elimination.
- Meanwhile, the single-elimination nature of it makes any team vulnerable.